Wire "Nine Sevens" (RSD 2025) COLOR:(/1200) The aspiring cartoonist's playful

The aspiring cartoonist's playful

From furious honky-tonk and pre-outlaw country-rocking to spellbinding bluegrass pickin' and emotional balladry

‘Cupid’s Chokehold’ became the band’s first Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 2007

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the 11-track album encompasses sharper arrangements and stickier hooks and a more explosive energy-an effect often achieved through the sheer force of their three voices singing in unstoppable unison

Wire "Nine Sevens" (RSD 2025) COLOR:(/1200) The aspiring cartoonist's playfulCombining the run of early singles with more obscure later period tracks underlines the strength and depth that Wire had. This is pop art as art pop and an exploration of the blank canvas of pop culture and how far that canvas can be stretched, going from three minute constructs to ambient washes. The 7 single was always the ultimate artefact and statement, with the A side being the band momentarily paused in time and distilled and freeze framed into